Car-fender.



e. GARDINBR.

GAR FENDER,

APPLIGATION FILED AUG. 22, 1908.

Patented Sept. 14, 1909.

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G. GARDINER.

GAR FENDER,

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 22, 190s.

Patented Sept. 14, 1909.

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athens? CHARLES GARDINEE', or PHILADELPHIA, PENNsYLvANrA, AsstGNoR rroi. WALTER THOMPSON, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CAR-FENDER.

Application filed August 22, 1903.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. n, 1969.

Serial No. 449,760.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES GARDINER, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia andState of Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Car-Fenders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to car fenders, and particularly to fenders fortrolley cars, the object of the invention being to provide a wheel guardor fender located in front of the forward wheels as well as a fender onthe front of the car.

A further object is to provide means whereby both fenders, which arenormally somewhat raised from the tracks may be depressed by themotorman into contact with the rails whenever necessity arises.

To these ends my invention consists in providing a front fender andwheel fender and connecting them by a series of levers actuated by themotorman so that the fenders may be raised or depressed when thenecessity arises.

In the drawings, Figure 1, is a longitudinal section of the front end ofthe car. Fig. 2, is a like view. Fig. 3, is an under side view of theforward end of the car platform. Fig. 4, is a front view thereof. Fig.5, is a fragmentary detail of the fender. Fig. 6, is a detail sectionshowing a modification.

A designates a car platform of any usual construction having thedash-board A and the forward wheels A2.

B designates a wheel fender which cxtends entirely across the carbeneath the platform and forward of the front wheels. The body of thefender is made of any suitable material, as for instance, a net work ofrope or wire. The fender B is provided at its ends with curved rods B',and the latter are connected by three cross rods B2. The rear cross rodBland the intermediate cross rod project into and are movable in slots cin curved hangers or guides C. The hangers or guides C are securelybolted to the under side of the platform as shown, and effectuallysupport the fender B. Connected to each end of the fender B in anydesired manner are the bell-crank levers D which are pivotally mountedin the ears Z extending from the car bottom. Rods E having turn-bucklese in their length connect the downward projecting ends of thebell-cranks D with the upwardly projecting end f of the bell-crank Fwhich is pivoted to a support F extending downwardly from the carbottom. The bell-crank F is in turn actuated by a foot rod G whichprojects up through the floor of the car, in the construction shown inFig. 1 in position convenient to the foot of the motorinan. At its lowerend the rod has a clevis G with a transverse pin f/ which passes througha slot f on the end of the bell-crank lever F. A spring G2 is attachedat one end to the rod G and at its other end to the bottom of theplatform. This spring might however surround the rod above the platformand act as a compression spring instead of a retractile spring.

H designates a standard projecting downward from the bottom of the caron the lower end of which is pivoted the lever I. he rear end of thislever is slotted as at i, and through this slot passes the pin g. Theforward end of the lever is pivoted to a vertically moving sliding rod Jcarried in guides J on the dash-board of the car. A cross bar K issupported on the upper end of the rod J having at its ends the dependingarms L which carry at their lower ends the sleeves Z. Through thesesleeves passes the upper cross bar M of the front fender. The frontfender N has its body made of relatively yielding material such as a network of rope or wire. This is attached to the cross bar M, to theopposed side bars M and to the lower cross bar M2. Preferably the sidebars are tubular and each is made in two parts joined by a four-waycoupling O, which is located about a quarter of the distance from theend of the fender. A transverse bar P is carried by the couplings andprojects through the same to form studs p. Attached to the studs arechains Q which extend upward and to the dash-board. Preferably the lowerends of the chains are provided with springs Q to which the studs areimmediately attached. Pivoted brace rods R are also attached to the studor to the frame of the fender and are pivoted to the front end of thecar.

In order to avoid the necessity of having two sets of levers F and thedifficulty of connecting these with the front rod G, the con nectingrods E heretofore referred to are made to extend inward toward eachother as shown in Fig. 3, and are pivoted to the itself pivoted in abearing s on the dashboard. It will be seen that when the inner end ofthe lever S is depressed, the bellcrank lever will be rocked and theslide bar J is raised.

The operation of the mechanism shown in Figs. l, 2 and 3 is asfollows:Upon a depression of the foot rod G the lever FV will be rocked drawingon rodsE and rocking bellcrank levers D, thus depressing the fender B tothe position shown in Fig. 2. At the same time the lever I will berocked and the slide rod J raised which will raise the upper end of thefront fender, causing the fender to be swung in the arc of a circle withthe upper pivot ends of the links R as pivot pins,

' against the action ofthe springs Q, to throw the forward end of thefender down upon the pavement, as clearly shown in F ig. 2. I

It will be seen by the construction de-A scribed that I have provided afender both in front of the car and in front of the forward wheels; andthat normally these fenders are held up from the tracks and hence formno impediment to the movement of the car, while the fenders can beimmediately depressed by the motorman when a VnecessityV arises, thuspreventing a person knocked down by the car from being rolled beneaththe front fender and into contact with the wheels.

.Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is: Y

l. In a car, a bell-crank lever pivoted to the underside of the carforward of the front Ywheels, a wheel fender attached tothe rear ends ofsaid bell-crank levers, a foot rod projecting downward throughthe bottomof the car, a bell-crank lever attached thereto,

connections between said last named bell-v crank lever and saidbell-crank levers attachedto the fenders, a front fender pivotallysupported at its forward end, and a lever connected at one end to saidfoot rod and at its other end to the rear of said front fender wherebywhen the foot rod is de- Vname to this specification in pressed the rearof the front fender will be lifted and the front end depressed;

2. In a car, a front fender, a vertically sliding rod to 'which-the rear'end of theV connecting the other end of said bell-crank lever to a rearbell-crank lever, and a wheel fender connected to one of the arms ofsaid rear bell-crank levers.

3. A car fender comprising a frame hav-j ing side bars and webbingsupported within said frame, studs projecting from said side bars,upwardly extending arms on said fender, a sliding bar connected to saidarms, Y

eyes throughv which saidbars slide attached to the dash-board,fender-chains connecting the dash-board to said laterally projectingstuds, and a leverV connected to the said sliding bar and provided onits end with `a foot rod whereby the lever may be operated. Y

4. In a car, a fender in front of the'dashboard, a wheel fender locatedin front of the forward wheels, downwardly and forwardlyV extendingguides attached to the under side of the car platform in which saidwheel fender is supported and slides, and means whereby the front andrear/fenders maybe operated simultaneously to depress or lower them. v 1

5. In a car, a wheel fender located just forward of the front wheels,downwardly and forwardly extending guide bars, studs projectinglaterallyfrom said fender and engaging with said guide bars, abell-crank lever pivoted to the under side of the car forward of thefront wheels and connected Y to said fender, a foot rod projectingdownward through the .bottom of the car, a bellcrank lever attached'thereto, and connections between the saidv first andl last namedbell-crank levers wherebyf a depression of the foot rod will rock saidbell-crank levers and depress said fender.

In testimony whereof I have signed my two subscribing witnesses. n

CHARLES GrARl)Il\TER.V

Witnesses: Y Y

FREDERIC B. WRIGHT, J. A. L. MULHALL.

the presence of iloY

